FAFO Arbiter Setup
FAFO Arbiter Setup

FAFO Arbiter Setup

Trying new stuff without worrying about consequences

FreerideDownhillCommutingOtherMixed#Budget#Playful

B@browseidon

Published

Components

  • Trucks

    ReyLite Reys

    160mm 42°/42°

    Originally 180mm hangers but had them chopped down to 160mm by a local machinist in true FAFO fashion

  • Footstop

    Pending

    Ohio Wheel CoKnuckles

    Pink Glow in the Dark

  • Wheels

    Pending

    Powell PeraltaSnakes

    White 66mm

  • Other

    Pending

    Apex PrototypingAlfred Backstop

    Torque Block sitting over the trucks as the tail flare starts giving it a little bit of extra wedge in a nice way

Rider notes

Got an Arbiter36KT complete for 40$ on marketplace, gave the trucks to a friend and the wheels to another friend and kept the deck to live out my 2014 dreams from when I initially wanted one. Got this as I was getting back into boarding after only skating twice a year for the last 6 years and only hucking pendys and fat heelside squats down a straight hill when I would get out. Threw a foot stop and torque block on it to see what the modern tech was all about, tried some pre-redrilled shorter WB options from one of the prvious owners, and just kept switching shit up to see what did and didn't work. Board as shown/described is it's current iteration.

Pros

I can keep changing things on it and not worry about it. I can curb it, I could chop it, I can drill extra holes in it. Good wheelbase options, wider deck compared to modern offerings so 160-180mm trucks work decent on it.

Cons

Older deck so risk of eventual delamination and/or waterlogging

Why it works

Freedom to experiment. Current config has me doing proper stand up slides pretty effortlessly and taking that knowledge and applying it to other boards.

What I would change

I change shit on it like I change my socks.


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